Luck, Manning or try your luck with both?

Indy Colts fan here wondering what the community thinks about our dilemma.

A) Keep Manning and trade the pick. 0-12 team is 7-5 with Manning. Throw in some key free agents and the players received by trading the #1 pick to build a contender now.

B) Release Manning, pick Luck. Manning is old. Luck is the safest star QB pick since, well, Manning. Look to the future and enjoy another decade of winning.

C) Keep them both. Luck learns from one of the greatest and takes over the team 2-3 years down the line when Manning retires.


What do ya think?

um for one our economy is shit, so we as americans think short term benefits only before our economy collapses. all in all, luck should be playing his rookie year

we gonna get him and trade him for 3 or 4 first round picks. Shore up our defense. We cant have 2 star qb's and cant afford to pay luck to sit on the bench when he has no shot of winning a starting spot from manning!!!

I don't think they should keep them both. I would see how many draft picks/players they can get by trading the number one pick. If they can't get enough then I would draft Luck and look to trade Manning. At most you might be able to keep them together for a year, but beyond that would be asking for trouble. It still remains to be seen if Manning is going to be completely healthy. If not, he may get released outright.

Luck isnt a guaranteed to be good. Sure he may look like a sure thing, But look at brady who went in the late rounds and is possibly the greatest ever. The college game is alot different than the pro game. How can u be so sure that luck will be as calm and cool under pressure when the likes or ray lewis are running full speed at him.

This is a no brainer. If manning is healthy enough to play 3-4 more years you have to snap take manning over luck. They should pick luck 1st and try to trade him for some picks and players to build up a team to make a run for it with manning at the helm.

If the colts really want a QB but want him to learn under manning then they should take RG3. Luck wants to play straight away. RG3 has shown unreal talent. Without him baylor arent a winning team. RG3 seems like the person who wouldnt mind sitting and learning from manning.

It wouldnt suprise me if the colts do something similar to what san diego did when they drafted eli manning. That is colts to draft luck and then get someone to draft RG3 and trade lucky for RG3 along with other things of course whether it be picks or players.

This franchise is a franchise not a 1 player team..manning will have a stature there and hof as welll..retire gracefully, unlike favre did..Keep the pick, look at the future.. a neck injury is pretty severe to comeback from..will he ever be the same qb

For those of you who have mentioned trading Manning, nobody wants a 34 yr old quarterback coming off a year long injury who makes $28 million per season, even if he is Peyton Manning. The only trade value that the Colts have here is Mr. Luck, or the #1 overall pick if they make a move before the draft.

Keep em both. Manning has the resume to push for the #1 spot as the greatest QB to ever play. Luck is one of the most hyped pick since Manning. While it is expected in today's NFL that rookie QB's need to produce immediately, it is always better to have them learn first. The best QB in the NFL today is Rodgers, and he sat behind Favre for 3-4 years. QB's such as Matt Ryan, Joe Flacco, Cam Newton, Andy Dalton, and Sam Bradford have not been consistent enough to judge as being great since their rookie season(s). Keep em both, and hopefully Luck is as good as advertised.

Get rid of Manning, hes going to cost like 20 something million next year so just start fresh with Luck.

I would stick with Manning. He has proven to be good, and I think he has at least a few good years left.

Luck has not proven anything in the pros yet.

If they can afford both you put both on your roster. Manning is a proven commodity, Luck has potential. Manning could teach the kid a ton.

draft Luck and have him sit behind Manning just like how Rodgers was behind Favre.

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Originally Posted by Tiarra

For those of you who have mentioned trading Manning, nobody wants a 34 yr old quarterback coming off a year long injury who makes $28 million per season, even if he is Peyton Manning. The only trade value that the Colts have here is Mr. Luck, or the #1 overall pick if they make a move before the draft.

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I would bet alot of money that if manning became available the New York Jets would snap him up. This is 100% something the Jets would do.

how many points do i need?

Look..

NO ONE knows what Mannings health is like.. If he can come back and be 100% (which is still up in the air) he probably only has 3-5 years left being 100% back from neck injury. (thats a BIG TIME injury). It absolutely going to depend on his health and honestly he might not ever be the same or ever play another down.

Now the colts are in a terrible spot with him because there going to have to PAY to keep him either way (looking at 28 million) and even with the new rookie scale to draft luck 1 hes still gonna get 20ish million like Cam Newton did so thats alot of Salary Cap right there.

If I was colts I would honestly draft Luck and trade Manning or Have Luck sit 1 year and let Peyton play 1 year and ride it out into retirement.

If you know Peyton is 100% before the draft you trade down stock pile in picks and get a backup qb later rounds (3-4) there are a slew of qbs this year more than last year.

If they still have the #1 after 2 more games. 1-13 vs 2 teams that are 2-12. Hmmm, may be some competition for that #1 spot. Yeah, they should keep Manning and try to get whoever they can for the future of the team. Manning going to retire soon after a serious neck injury.

i m interested

Manning is done!

Noone knows if manning is done or not. With some injuries after surgery and rehab the injured part can possibly be stronger

Trade Luck for a bunch of draft pick because Colts really need a lot of help

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Originally Posted by Prawney

Noone knows if manning is done or not. With some injuries after surgery and rehab the injured part can possibly be stronger

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What makes me worry is that he didnt come back at all this year.. not even throw in practice yet alone face any sort of live contact. I think its very serious (well of course its a neck injury) but the fact that he hasnt done anything this year to make progress just points to me that its alot worse and more serious than what everyone thought.

Really, its hard to say. I have been think the colts dynasty has been coming to end the last couple years. Most of their key components are aging out and I haven't seen much in the way of young talents developing other than maybe two receivers (who look pedestrian without manning throwing to them). Manning, Wayne, Freeny, Mathis, Saturday, the biggest names on the colts, all are staring at the end of their career. If Manning is able to get back to 100%, I see a steep decline happening in the next 2-3 years to the colts (no including the joke of the year they are having 2011-2012). I think Luck should pull an Eli/Elway move here if wants to play with a team that is going to be ABLE to provide him something in his first contract.

Orlovsky

trade em while u can get money for him go with the young